Kayla Nicole is an American sports journalist, model, podcast host, and wellness entrepreneur, widely known to NFL fans as the former girlfriend of Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
Long before her relationship with Kelce made headlines, Kayla built a successful career in sports broadcasting, working on-air for ESPN and Barstool Sports.
Since their 2022 breakup, she has continued to establish an independent professional identity by launching her own wellness brand and podcast.
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Kayla Nicole Biography
She was born on November 2, 1991, in Los Angeles, California. How Old Is Kayla Nicole? She is 34 years old in 2026.
She was raised in Southern California and has generally kept details about her childhood private. However, she has spoken publicly about her parents, Roosevelt Brown and Robin Curry, and has referenced her stepfather, Gary Curry, in some public profiles.
Kayla is sometimes confused online with the unrelated YouTuber Nicole TV. They are two different people, and information about one should not be attributed to the other.
How Tall Is Kayla? She is 5 feet 7 inches tall (170 centimeters). Kayla graduated from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism.
During college, she also competed in several California-based beauty pageants, including finishing in the Top 10 at Miss California USA in 2012 and as first runner-up at Miss Malibu in 2013. However, pageantry was never her primary career focus.
After graduating, Kayla’s first media job was as an assistant to Harvey Levin at TMZ before she transitioned into full-time sports broadcasting.
Career
Kayla Nicole built a successful career in sports media well before her relationship with Travis Kelce brought her wider public attention.
She worked as an on-air sports reporter and sideline host for ESPN and Barstool Sports, covering NBA and NFL events while interviewing athletes.
She also expanded into entertainment journalism, interviewing celebrities including Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, and Sterling K. Brown, and worked with outlets including CBS Radio station 92.3, BET, HotNewHipHop, and All Def Digital earlier in her career.
Beyond broadcasting, Kayla built a successful modeling and brand ambassador career, partnering with major companies including Savage X Fenty, Revolve, Crocs, Alo, Fabletics, and Amino Lean.
In 2020, she launched her fitness brand, originally called Strong Is Sexy, which she rebranded in 2023 as Tribe Therepē, expanding it to combine physical fitness with mental wellness support.
She mentioned developing the platform partly in response to the intense public scrutiny and online harassment she experienced following her breakup with Kelce, describing her goal as creating safe spaces where women feel seen, understood, and supported.
Kayla also hosts her podcast, The Pre-Game With Kayla Nicole, where she discusses sports, relationships, personal development, and mental health.
In 2025, she appeared as a contestant on the reality competition series Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, where she spoke openly about the emotional toll of having her breakup repeatedly discussed in public.
Travis Kelce
Kayla Nicole and Travis Kelce dated on and off for approximately five years before ending their relationship in 2022.
They began dating around 2017, and their relationship became public after Kelce attended a friend’s wedding with her later that year.
Following their breakup, Kelce began dating singer Taylor Swift in the summer of 2023. The couple announced their engagement in August 2025 and married at Madison Square Garden on July 3, 2026.
Kayla has addressed her past relationship publicly on multiple occasions, generally with restraint while also speaking candidly about the online criticism she has continued to receive from some of Swift’s fans since 2023.
She is now focused on controlling her own narrative, telling People magazine that the opinions of others matter only as much as she allows them to.
Public statements from both parties indicate the relationship ended amicably.
